Acts 1:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

until the day he was taken up to heaven, after he had given orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἄχρι ἧς ἡμέρας, ἐντειλάμενος τοῖς ἀποστόλοις διὰ Πνεύματος Ἁγιου οὓς ἐξελέξατο, ἀνελήφθη:

Transliteration

Until which hēmeras, having enteilamenos the apostolois through Pneumatos Hagiou whom exelexato, he anelēphthē:

Grammar Details

• *hēmeras*: genitive, feminine, singular - day
• *enteilamenos*: aorist, middle, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having commanded/instructed
• *apostolois*: dative, masculine, plural - apostles
• *Pneumatos Hagiou*: genitive, neuter, singular - Holy Spirit
• *exelexato*: aorist, middle, indicative, 3rd person singular - he chose/selected
• *anelēphthē*: aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular - he was taken up

Word Meanings

• *enteilamenos*: having commanded/instructed/charged
• *exelexato*: chose/selected/elected
• *anelēphthē*: was taken up/was received up/was lifted up

Referenced Verses

• Acts 1:9 : 9 After he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight.
• John 20:21 : 21 So Jesus said to them again,“Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, I also send you.”
• John 13:18 : 18 The Announcement of Jesus’ Betrayal“What I am saying does not refer to all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture,‘The one who eats my bread has turned against me.’
• Acts 10:38 : 38 with respect to Jesus from Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.
• Acts 10:40-42 : 40 but God raised him up on the third day and caused him to be seen, 41 not by all the people, but by us, the witnesses God had already chosen, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42 He commanded us to preach to the people and to warn them that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.
• Gal 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Paul, an apostle(not from men, nor by human agency, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead)
• Eph 2:20 : 20 because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.
• Eph 4:8-9 : 8 Therefore it says,“When he ascended on high he captured captives; he gave gifts to men.” 9 Now what is the meaning of“he ascended,” except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the earth? 10 He, the very one who descended, is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.
• 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And we all agree, our religion contains amazing revelation: He was revealed in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
• Heb 6:19-20 : 19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast, which reaches inside behind the curtain, 20 where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
• Heb 9:24 : 24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands– the representation of the true sanctuary– but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God’s presence for us.
• 1 Pet 3:22 : 22 who went into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels and authorities and powers subject to him.
• 2 Pet 3:2 : 2 I want you to recall both the predictions foretold by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles.
• Rev 1:1 : 1 ¶ The Prologue The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must happen very soon. He made it clear by sending his angel to his servant John,
• Rev 2:7 : 7 The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will permit him to eat from the tree of life that is in the paradise of God.’
• Rev 2:11 : 11 The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will in no way be harmed by the second death.’
• John 16:28 : 28 I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”
• John 17:13 : 13 But now I am coming to you, and I am saying these things in the world, so they may experience my joy completed in themselves.
• John 20:17 : 17 Jesus replied,“Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. Go to my brothers and tell them,‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
• Rev 2:29 : 29 The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
• Rev 3:13 : 13 The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
• Rev 3:16 : 16 So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit you out of my mouth!
• Rev 3:22 : 22 The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”
• Rev 21:14 : 14 The wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
• Isa 11:2-3 : 2 The LORD’s Spirit will rest on him– a Spirit that gives extraordinary wisdom, a Spirit that provides the ability to execute plans, a Spirit that produces absolute loyalty to the LORD. 3 He will take delight in obeying the LORD. He will not judge by mere appearances, or make decisions on the basis of hearsay.
• Isa 42:1 : 1 The Lord Commissions His Special Servant“Here is my servant whom I support, my chosen one in whom I take pleasure. I have placed my Spirit on him; he will make just decrees for the nations.
• Isa 48:16 : 16 Approach me! Listen to this! From the very first I have not spoken in secret; when it happens, I am there.” So now, the Sovereign LORD has sent me, accompanied by his Spirit.
• Isa 59:20-21 : 20 “A protector comes to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their rebellious deeds,” says the LORD. 21 “As for me, this is my promise to them,” says the LORD.“My Spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward,” says the LORD.
• Isa 61:1 : 1 The Lord Will Rejuvenate His People The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, because the LORD has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,
• Matt 3:16 : 16 After Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him.
• Matt 10:1-4 : 1 Sending Out the Twelve Apostles Jesus called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness. 2 Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon(called Peter), and Andrew his brother; James son of Zebedee and John his brother; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
• Matt 12:28 : 28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.
• Matt 28:19-20 : 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
• Mark 3:14-19 : 14 He appointed twelve(whom he named apostles), so that they would be with him and he could send them to preach 15 and to have authority to cast out demons. 16 He appointed twelve: To Simon he gave the name Peter; 17 to James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, he gave the name Boanerges(that is,“sons of thunder”); 18 and Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot, 19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
• Mark 6:30 : 30 The Feeding of the Five Thousand Then the apostles gathered around Jesus and told him everything they had done and taught.
• Mark 16:15-19 : 15 He said to them,“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned. 17 These signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages; 18 they will pick up snakes with their hands, and whatever poison they drink will not harm them; they will place their hands on the sick and they will be well.” 19 After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
• Luke 6:13-16 : 13 When morning came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: 14 Simon(whom he named Peter), and his brother Andrew; and James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, 15 Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot, 16 Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
• Luke 9:51 : 51 Rejection in Samaria Now when the days drew near for him to be taken up, Jesus set out resolutely to go to Jerusalem.
• Luke 24:45-49 : 45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures, 46 and said to them,“Thus it stands written that the Christ would suffer and would rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things. 49 And look, I am sending you what my Father promised. But stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
• Luke 24:51 : 51 Now during the blessing he departed and was taken up into heaven.
• John 1:16 : 16 For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another.
• John 3:34 : 34 For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.
• John 6:62 : 62 Then what if you see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?
• John 6:70 : 70 Jesus replied,“Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is the devil?”
• John 13:1 : 1 Washing the Disciples’ Feet Just before the Passover Feast, Jesus knew that his time had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now loved them to the very end.
• John 13:3 : 3 Because Jesus knew that the Father had handed all things over to him, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,
• Acts 1:11 : 11 and said,“Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven.”
• Acts 1:13 : 13 When they had entered Jerusalem, they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. Peter and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James were there.
• Rev 2:17 : 17 The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give him some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on that stone will be written a new name that no one can understand except the one who receives it.’